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world today. Religion means something different to each individual. Whether it’s an escape from reality, a reason to live, or simply the feeling of belonging to a community, religion has a significant influence over people and their actions. The Muslims in the Middle East are especially impressive when it comes to their devotion to Allah. But there is a question of one thing in regards to women of the Islamic faith living overseas. Does the religion of Islam help to reinforce female…

The Krasniqi family are Muslims, a religion not highly accepted in the U.S. Muslims have very different religious practices than a southern Baptist. Even though the case worker was aware of the children’s religion, she proceeded to place the children in a Baptist foster home where they would eventually be adopted. I believe the case worker did not agree with the Muslim religion, therefore she was trying to remove the children from any form of contact with the Muslim religion. The case worker was…

The fluidity of calligraphy symbolizes the "intertwining" of stability and change that exists in the mortal world (Nasr 28). Islamic calligraphy has the appearance of a never ending line; the letters are all connected to one another and the writing seems to be constantly moving (Piostrovsky 29). The continual movement of the line "is one of the ways of manifesting [Allah] to this world" (27) and "projects the concept of continuity, of endlessness, of pluriformity" (29). The symbolism of…

situation. Medina was the first Muslim community that Muhammad established. With Muhammad’s power growing in Medina the Meccans felt threatened. There were many small encounters between the two groups at first, but they slowly escalated into major battles. Three major battles included the Battle of Badr, Battle of Uhud, and The Battle of the Trench and the Siege of Medina. After these battles a treaty was finally signed between the two groups. Muhammad and the Muslims were then recognized…

had caught my attention, this was a story written by Sean Murphy in The National Post: “Muslim army reservist suing Oklahoma gun range for refusing him service after learning his religion”, 18 February 2016 (http://bit.ly/1Lod7FZ). This article focuses on a 29-year-old man, Raja’ee Fatihah who is an employee of the Oklahoma Department of Human Services who was denied access to a gun range because of his Muslim belief. Fatihah has filed a lawsuit, because of the business emphasizing Anti-Islamic…

Another organization that has been formed is the Muslims Against Terrorism, or MAT, which was founded in 1998. One of the objectives of MAT is focused on providing Western media outlets with accurate sources of Muslim perspective (Muslims, 2015). MAT states that Islam is intended to be a religion of peace, and those that say otherwise are misrepresenting the Qur’an. To support this view, MAT uses passages from the Qur 'an such as, “And the believers, men and women, are friends one of another.…

month of Ramadan and paying the poor tax, forms the essential framework of religious life for Muslims. More than that, the observance of the ritual prayer forms the framework of each Muslim’s day, from the pre-dawn morning prayer to the night prayer that precedes sleep. Prayer’s Importance in Islam Prayer, in the ritual sense, is an obligation of the faith, to be performed five times a day by adult Muslims. According to Islamic law, prayers have a variety of obligations and conditions of…

without other forces trying to create problems for them . Two nation theory origin started when first muslim came in subcontinent .Muslims follow islam and Hindus follow Hinduism. These two religions are not different side of same coin instead they are different coins . The religion of Muslims (Islam) follows tauheed means they believe in One God (Allah) while hindus believe in multiple Gods. Muslims follow namaz , zakat , roza , hajj . They follow Hazrat Muhammad (P.B.U.H) and Holy Quran. Islam…

basis of the Islamic faith, and it drives Muslims to strive to live a life that is in complete submission to Allah. Islam was founded by Muhammad (AD 570-632) in modern day Saudi Arabia. Muslims believe that Muhammad received a message from the angel Gabriel and was commanded to write down the words of Allah. These words are recorded in the Qur’an. Many Muslims recite the Qur’an in Arabic for their daily prayers and strive to live by it. Even if Muslims do not understand Arabic, they still…

Introduction Halal is only allowed or legal. So when we talk about halal food, it means that we are in accordance with Islamic law to allow food to eat. This means that whatever food is, it is considered to be halal; it must comply with religious ceremonies and comply with Islamic law. In order to certify "flesh" meat, it is not forbidden to cut (e.g. from the back of the head) or animals (e.g. pork). Slaughter a Halal animal called “Zabihah” and has some guidelines. For example, the…